Garment supporter



June 5, 1923.

11,457,952 F. E. WILLIAMS GARMENT SUPPORTER Filed July 6, 1921 Frank E. Williams.

Patented June 5, 19233..

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FRANK E. WILLIAT/IS, OF HAYWARD, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD T ANTHONY L. KELLY AND ONE-THIRD T0 FRANK S. KELLY, BOTH OF HAYWARD,

CALIFORNIA.

Application filed July 6,

To all whom. it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK E. \VILLi Ms, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hayward, in the county of Alameda and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment Supporters, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is a garment supporter com- 1 prising improved elastic means for drawlng the garment tightly on the wearer so that it will not slip down out of place.

Referring to the annexed drawing in which my invention is illustrated, and which forms a part of this specification: Figure 1 is a plan view of a garment with my supporter connected thereto and contracting the garment.

Figure-2 is an inside view of my supporter so and a garment band to which my supporter is attached.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of a pair of trousers with my supporter secured to the inside of the trousers waist band.

as My supporter includes an elastic strap 1 secured at its ends to leather button fasteners 2 and 3 respectively, which are provided with button holes 4 and 5 to receive buttons 6 and 7 secured to the inside of the 80 garment, as for example to the inside of the waist band of a pair of trousers. One

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or more of my supporters may be used on a garment.

In a pair of trousers I preferably use two supporters, one at each side of the inside of the waist band, a pair of buttons 6 and 7 being secured to each side of the inside of said band to which the fasteners 2 and 3 ofsaid bands 1 are respectively buttoned. To the inside of the garment midway between the buttons 6 and 7 are secured the ends of a narrow and short elastic strap 8 under which extends the strap 1. A strap 8 is secured to each side of the inside of the waist band of the trousers under which the bands 1 extend as shown in Figs. 1 and 3.

The band 1 draws the garment tightly around the wearer and prevents it from sli ping down out of place.

aving described my invent-ion, I claim:

A garment supporter including an elastic strap, button fasteners sewed to each end of the strap, each fastener having a hole therein whereby the same may be buttoned to the garment, an elastic strap secured by its ends to the inside of the waist band of the garment, the first mentioned elastic strap passing under the last mentioned strap.

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FRANK E. WILLIAMS. 

